Landfill Manager

Job Introduction

Are you a Manager with experience in the Quarrying, Restoration or Landfill sector?  Are you looking for your next permanent role? Then read on as we may just have the role for you.

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters.  We want to get to know you.  If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer. 

We are currently recruiting for a Landfill Manager to join and lead our fantastic team at our Tyttenhanger Landfill site, located close to St Albans in Hertfordshire. The site is easily accessible from St Albans, Hatfield, Potters Bar, Radlett, Borehamwood, Barnet, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Harpenden, Hertford, Luton, Dunstable, Stevenage, Welwyn Garden City, Waltham Abbey, Harlow, Waltham Cross, Enfield, New Barnet and surrounding areas. 

Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Main Responsibilities

The Landfill Manager role here at Tyttenhanger will manage the environmental, safety and operational standards which are key in the fundamentals of the role for the Landfill site, with cost control, contractor management and performance improvement being high. Managing site compliance with business policies and procedures and ensuring that legislative compliance is also a strong aspect of the role.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities of the role, not exhaustive:

• Experienced in both the Landfill/Recycling and Quarrying sector of industry
• Responsible for managing, coach and developing a highly motivated team to ensure business continuity and reduce business risk
• You will support change and continuous improvement initiatives and producing operational reports
• Maintaining and implementing existing and new, Standard Operating Procedures, risk assessments and training your staff on the same
• Reporting and investigating any unsafe or hazardous working practices
• Issue of safety briefings and toolbox talks to your operational team
• Collate and report on monthly performance KPI for your business unit for the Area Operations Manager and drive operational performance through KPI’s
• Take responsibility for their own safety and that of colleagues and business partners
• Maintain site housekeeping to a high standard
• Responsible for the budget in relation to the plant you are responsible for, these being both fixed and variable costs

Key Stakeholders you will liaise within the responsibilities of this role:

• Operations Manager - Health & Safety team - Procurement and support teams - National Logistics team - Area Operations teams - Area Commercial teams - Area HR Manager - Industry Bodies - Customers

The Ideal Candidate

To be successful in this role the ideal candidate for the position of Landfill Manager you will have experience and knowledge of:

ESSENTIAL Experience

• Experienced in Quarry (Sand & Gravel) and Landfill / Recycling operations
• IOSH/NEBOSH would be advantageous
• Experience in environmental, sustainability and recycling programmes – would prove highly beneficial
• Full knowledge of Risk Assessments and Safe System of Work Systems along with working knowledge of H&S and Environmental policies

DESIRABLE Qualifications

• A role associated Degree in Quarrying, Environmental or Sustainability would prove highly beneficial
• WAMITAB or equivalent qualification
• IOSH Managing Safely
• NVQ in fixed and mobile plant operations

Due to the nature of the role you must hold a full UK manual car driving licence with no more that 6 penalty points

Why Us

In addition to the role of Landfill Manager we offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives, and benefits:

• Bonus scheme 
• Enhanced holiday entitlement 
• Contributory pension scheme 
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc. 
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice 
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. (REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & Carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female Voice, and Menopause
• Training and development opportunities 

Interested? Why not click here to find out more?  Go on… are you ready to build your future? 

Tarmac is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment

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